Reno Omokri, former presidential assistant on new media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for communicating with leaders of other countries and selected Nigerians while ignoring those who put him in office.
He said this in his latest article titled ‘How Amaechi and Buhari Induced Nigeria’s Recession’.
Reno said “…and that brings me to the call by President Buhari to his spokesman Femi Adesina. The President has so far spoken to President Donald Trump, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Kano Governor Ganduje and a few others.
“However, the President has not spoken to the Nigerian people.
“In March of 2010, Muhammadu Buhari heavily criticised then President Umaru Musa Yar’adua for the secrecy behind his health tourism abroad and went as far as calling for President Yar’adua’s resignation.
“Today, he is in the same position, but how does his own behaviour square up to that of Yar’adua’s?
“One thing you must give him kudos for is handing over to Vice President Osinbajo. Thereafter, the kudos ends.
“In Yar’adua’s case, he did not call the high and the mighty as President Buhari is doing. No. His first and only public call was a call to the Nigerian people via the British Broadcasting Corporation to touch base with us and quieten our anxieties.
‘On that call on Tuesday the 12th of January, 2010, President Yar’adua said: ‘At the moment, I am undergoing treatment, and I’m getting better from the treatment. I hope that very soon there will be tremendous progress, which will allow me to get back home. I wish, at this stage, to thank all Nigerians for their prayers for my good health, and for their prayers for the nation.’
“Now compare this with President Buhari’s call, not to the Nigerian people but to his spokesman.
“President Buhari did not have enough time to say ‘tell Nigerians anxious about the recent killings in South Africa and Southern Kaduna that we will protect them’, but he had more than enough time to throw stones at ‘mischief makers’! I wish he was as concerned about the welfare of his fellow citizens as he is concerned about targeting his critics.
“Yet, this was a man who criticised President Yar’adua! If it is not an insult to say that a man who drives a car is a driver then it is not an insult to say that a man who criticises others for things he does and even does worse is a hypocrite!
“When you examine what the President says and what he does, it is clear to all but those blinded by partisanship that he does not walk his talk”.
